An unbeaten racehorse faces disqualification from one of his biggest victories after testing positive for cocaine.
End Assembly, a rising star of the sprinting division in Queensland, Australia, won all three starts in 2022, the last a Listed contest with a first prize of £63,000. But urine samples taken from the horse after the Gold Edition Plate race have tested positive for traces of cocaine, which is a banned substance.
Both of the horse's A and B urine samples showed traces of the drug. Queensland’s Racing Integrity Commission have now announced that an inquiry into the positive swab would be opened next week.
